Donner's Superman - was Jor-El the real villain

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An alternate view could be argued that Jor-El had a darker plan for Kal-El. The green crystal and related technology actually held Jor-El's soul. And the plan was for him to take over his grown son's body on Earth.

1. He created technology that "de-powered" Superman thus readying the body for a soul transference
2. He planned for the trio of Villains to escape the Phantom Zone causing Superman to need the de-powering chamber
3. When Jor-El "sacrificed" his artificial life (as it was described in the script) to re-power Superman it was actually supposed to transfer his soul into Superman's body.
4. And it worked kind-of. Instead of replacing Kal-El's soul both were in that body.
5. It was Jor-El who broke up with Lois - he had no interest in her
6. In Superman III we saw a different version of Clark/Superman. Jor-El was not good at playing Clark Kent. Of course that was actually just a bad script
7. The fake Kryptonite cystal Ross Webster created split both souls out of Superman - the battle in the junk yard was Jor-El Superman vs Kal-el Clark Kent.
8. Kal-El Clark won banishing Jor-El's soul.

Just a thought.